Dixonville is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 within the County of Northern Lights. It is located along the Mackenzie Highway

Alberta Highway 35

Alberta Highway 35, which forms the majority of Alberta's portion of the Mackenzie Highway, is a north–south highway in northwest Alberta....

 (Highway 35), approximately 43 kilometres (26.7 mi) north of Grimshaw

Grimshaw, Alberta

Grimshaw is a town in northern Alberta located west of the Town of Peace River at the junction of Highway 35, Highway 2, and bypass Highway 2A, and the Mackenzie Northern Railway...

. It has an elevation of 640 metres (2,099.7 ft).

The hamlet is located in census division

Census division

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 No. 17

Division No. 17, Alberta

Division No. 17 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It spans the central and northwest portions of northern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Slave Lake. Division No...

 and in the federal riding

Alberta federal electoral districts

As of 2006, the province of Alberta has 28 electoral districts represented in the Canadian House of Commons.*Calgary Centre*Calgary Centre-North*Calgary East*Calgary Northeast*Calgary Southeast*Calgary Southwest*Calgary West*Calgary—Nose Hill*Crowfoot...

 of Peace River

Peace River (electoral district)

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.

Demographics

As of 2006, Dixonville had a total population of 121 living in 45 dwellings. With a land area of 1.08 km² (0.416990331279938 sq mi), it has a population density

Population density

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 of 112.3 /km2.

Industry Canada shows that Dixonville's greater rural area had a total population of 704 living in 263 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 2104.8 km² (812.7 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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of 17 /km2.